While the Marines were analyzing the information on Robert and his companions, Robert finally encountered his first bit of trouble since arriving in the West Blue.
"You're the King of Assassins those people outside keep talking about?"
A middle-aged man in a black trench coat addressed Robert, his tone three parts curiosity and seven parts murderous intent.
"You're not from the West Blue, are you? Don't you know who controls the assassins here?"
Robert did not answer the man. With Lind's intelligence network behind him, he naturally knew all about the assassin organizations in the West Blue.
Precisely because he knew, Robert had dared to operate so openly, skipping the initial stage of building up his strength.
At present, the assassin organization All-Kill, led by the man in the trench coat before him, dominated the West Blue.
But according to the intelligence reports, this man was not particularly powerful. His strength was somewhere between a Vice Admiral and an Elite Vice Admiral, making him unlikely to be a match for Robert.
Robert had lured him here to take down Black Wind Saligei, the leader of the largest assassin organization in the West Blue, then use Oran Island's influence in the region to absorb as much of his legacy as possible.
That would let him skip the initial buildup and establish a leading assassin organization in the West Blue.
Seeing Robert remain silent and instead stare at him with greedy eyes, Saligei seethed inwardly and decided to teach the man before him a proper lesson.
"Heh. Seeing that you had some strength, I was going to give you a chance to surrender. But now it seems you won't face reality until I teach you a lesson."
"Oh, really, old man? Who'll be teaching whom a lesson is still up in the